The Tayrona National Natural Park in Colombia was created to preserve the local ecological environment, and is located in the Colombian northern Caribbean region. The foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the highest coastal mountain in the world, plunge into the sea forming beautiful bays and coves, with their sandy white beaches surrounded by mangrove swamps, bushes and forests and bathed in the crystal clear water of the Caribbean sea. The Park offers magnificent beaches, and has archaeological ruins of an ancient city of the Tayrona people. Interesting fact: there is an obligatory environmental education introductory talk when you visit.
